Living Players with Pre-War HOF RCs

[sycks22]

Just got a Bunning OMLB ball with a couple inscriptions through the mail for $5. Took about a month.

[39special]

I got Lasorda about a year ago,no fee,sending to Dodger stadium.

[HotSpringsBaseball]

Here are some answers to your questions.
1) Bobby Doerr has always been great with fanmail.
3) Monte Irvin is no longer signing due to poor eyesight.
3) Yogi Berra is usually very difficult and more so now that Carmen has passed away and their house is on the market.
4) Brooks Robinson signs once per year through his website the fee for cards is $40.00.
5, 6) Both Hank Aaron and Willie Mays are near impossible to get via mail and a signing is your best bet.
7) Jim Bunning is very nice through the mail.
8) Al Kaline is VERY hit and miss and is known for keeping both your card and money.

Hopefully this helps and keep us updated on your progress.
Good Luck!

[cubsfan-budman]

From personal experience:

Doerr still signs
Aaron is with Steiner and will TTM for a fee via Steiner
Kaline sent my ball (and money) back
Berra no longer signs
Banks signs at shows, but sent my ball back that i sent him TTM

for schoendienst, gibson, mazeroski, cepeda, aparicio and the robinsons, i used a guy who sets up signings. pm me if you'd like his email.

[packs]

Write to Whitey Ford and mention Veronica Hirt. She was my grandmother and they were neighbors in Queens all the way up until Whitey was signed by the Yanks. I've gotten him quite a few times TTM using her name in my letter. You can say she was your aunt.

[GehrigFan]

Thanks for all the advice guys. To start, I'm going to send a few cards with friends going to the larger upcoming shows and have them get them signed for me. I know - I hate to pay $30-50 each, but I'm just afraid that most players will keep my card if I send through the mail. I used to do a lot of TTM requests about 10-15 years ago and only received responses from maybe 3-5%. On a few of the guys that soound like they still sign TTM I'll send that way if their RC is on the cheaper side.

For those who do TTM a lot - which website do you prefer to use:

SCN (SportsCollectors.Net) or StarTiger? Both cost money, curious which seems more updated?

Mark

[cubsfan-budman]

i used scn and it was pretty good. scn has updates nearly every day.

i did not use startiger...because its called startiger.

[gypsyking13]

I got Kaline's autograph through the mail a year or so ago by sending to the Tigers' stadium with a $5 donation. It seems like whether he signs or not is about a 50:50 shot.